Yutaka Ikejima

is a Japanese film director, actor, and producer. Considered the most successful filmmaker in the pink film genre in the 2000s, his films are popular with traditional pink film audiences, fans of cinema, and with critics. Because of his prolific contributions to the pink film he has earned the nickname "Mr. Pink". He first entered the entertainment business in the late 1970s as an actor with Shuji Terayama's theatrical group Tenjō Sajiki.

His film debut was in the 1981 Genji Nakamura pink film Semi Documentary: Housewife Prostitution Team aka Document Porno: Married Woman Prostitution Techniques. Ikejima became one of Zeze Takahisa's "Zeze-gumi" (Zeze-group) of regulars including Takeshi Itō, Yōta Kawase and Yumeka Sasaki. Though most awarded and recognized as a director, Ikejima has continued acting to the present day. His Men Who Love (2002) was one of the first pink films to be shown at the Tokyo International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival.

In his pink film directorial career, Ikejima usually collaborates with his wife, screenwriter Kyōko Godai, who had previously made a name for herself scripting for Hisayasu Satō. In 2008 Ikejima directed his 100th pink film, an accomplishment for which he was given a special award at the Pink Grand Prix.

Partial filmography Top-ten films, Pink Grand Prix: As director 1994 9th place (tie): 1995 2nd place: 1995 4th place: 1996 4th place: 1996 6th place (tie): 1996 6th place (tie): 1997 4th place: 1998 1st place: 1998 4th place: 1998 6th place: 1998 7th place: 2000 7th place: 2000 9th place: 2002 3rd place: 2002 8th place: 2002 9th place: 2003 2nd place: 2003 9th place: 2004 Honorable Mention: 2005 9th place: 2005 10th place: 2006 3rd place: Hostess Madness: Unparched Nectar 2006 5th place: 2006 6th place: 2007 8th place: 2008 1st place: 2008 4th place: 2008 6th place:

Pinky Ribbon Awards 2008 Gold Prize: 2008 Pearl Prize: